Saturday, March 13, 2010

Goldfish almost died so I put in in a saltwater bath, and now he is better, do i put salt back in his bowl?

or should I keep him in the bath, I dont know what to do, I have never had a fish before but I wanna take care of it good, and I know a bowl is bad, now, but I will get a bigger tank soonGoldfish almost died so I put in in a saltwater bath, and now he is better, do i put salt back in his bowl?
Giving your fish a bath, in salt or otherwise, is not going to help him. He needs a tank, not a bowl, and he needs it to be large, cycled, and well filtered.


For a single Fancy Goldfish, you need a minimum of 20-gallons. A single Common/Feeder Goldfish requires 50-gallons. Both need filtration rated for at least 2x the aquarium's volume. These are fast growing and messy fish, and without adequate room and filtration, they will soon die, either from stunting, poisonous water, stress, or a combination thereof.


If offered proper housing, you will not, as another suggested, need to get used to them dying. Goldfish should live from 10 years to well into their 20's, depending on the species.Goldfish almost died so I put in in a saltwater bath, and now he is better, do i put salt back in his bowl?
The only way your fish is gonna survive much longer is if you set him up in a proper tank NOT A BOWL with A FILTER. Goldfish DO NOT breath AIR only betta fish breath air.





Please try to get him in a tank with filter as soon as possible but until then do frequent water changes, and monitor him.
goldfish don't really like to have a particularly salty environment. you might want to add a little bit of salt to help along the healing but it should mostly be freshwater
.... i've gone through dozen of fish the longest one lasted 6 months ur going to have to get used to seeing fish die p.s. u have to clean out a gold fishes bowl every 3-5 days beacuse they give off a posionios acid
eat it
actually, your spossed to put your fish in rubbing alcohol after the salt bath.

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